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This paper examines whether multispecies biofilms can be considered evolutionary individuals, highlighting their characteristics such as internal integrity, coordination among parts, and heritable adaptive traits. While these biofilms often fail to meet traditional reproductive criteria for individuality, they suggest a need for a pluralistic understanding of evolutionary individuality that extends beyond single-species eukaryotes. The authors argue that the unique features of multispecies biofilms indicate

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